Informes

By Sam Olukoya LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec 15, 2011 (IPS) - The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open. Many live in fear that…

By Faye Callaghan Education is one of the most important factors in helping a community develop. But many children in Nigeria miss school or find it hard to concentrate because of the little talked of illnesses caused…

FINDINGS. The area is completely a wetland. See figure 2. Annually, more wetlands are lost due to rapid urbanization being experienced in Ikorodu and its environs through sand filling. Most structures are raised indiscriminately. Wastes are disposed into the canals causing…

Another 115 Nigerians that were stranded in Libya arrived Abuja at the weekend following their evacuation by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). They were received on arrival at the Nnamdi Arzikiwe International Airport by the National…

Prison inmates participating in a yam improvement project led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Diocesan Development Services (DDS) are gaining skills on how to better cultivate the tuber crop, and are being…

In Nigeria, the ICRC protects and assists people affected by violence, particularly in the Niger Delta and certain states in the north that are prone to inter-communal and political violence. It promotes international humanitarian law and…

PORT HARCOURT, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - Residents of Ogoniland, in Rivers State, have been struggling since 2008 to hold oil companies and the Nigerian government to account for catastrophic pollution. Recent reports and NGOs say…

Normal to above normal crop production as 2011 main harvest concludes across the country Key messages • The 2011 main harvest is average to above average across the country with production levels similar to the previous year. Livestock‐to‐cereal…

Executive summary The Peer Review in Nigeria has been undertaken as a result of: (i) a decision of the Nigerian Government to initiate a peer review of its non-formal education sub-sector, and (ii) a request that the…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to introduce compulsory testing for expectant mothers in an effort to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, according to the head of the country's National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA),…